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author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2005-05-02 08:28:41 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:46:32 -0500 |
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Rename manpages to manpages-3 so I can pull in the Samba 4 manpages later
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diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/testparm.1.xml b/docs/manpages-3/testparm.1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5687dc12d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manpages-3/testparm.1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<refentry id="testparm.1"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>testparm</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>testparm</refname> + <refpurpose>check an smb.conf configuration file for + internal correctness</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>testparm</command> + <arg choice="opt">-s</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-h</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-v</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-L <servername></arg> + <arg choice="opt">-t <encoding></arg> + <arg choice="req">config filename</arg> + <arg choice="opt">hostname hostIP</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para><command>testparm</command> is a very simple test program + to check an <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> configuration file for + internal correctness. If this program reports no problems, you + can use the configuration file with confidence that <command>smbd + </command> will successfully load the configuration file.</para> + + + <para>Note that this is <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> a guarantee that + the services specified in the configuration file will be + available or will operate as expected. </para> + + <para>If the optional host name and host IP address are + specified on the command line, this test program will run through + the service entries reporting whether the specified host + has access to each service. </para> + + <para>If <command>testparm</command> finds an error in the <filename> + smb.conf</filename> file it returns an exit code of 1 to the calling + program, else it returns an exit code of 0. This allows shell scripts + to test the output from <command>testparm</command>.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>-s</term> + <listitem><para>Without this option, <command>testparm</command> + will prompt for a carriage return after printing the service + names and before dumping the service definitions.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + &stdarg.help; + &stdarg.version; + + <varlistentry> + <term>-L servername</term> + <listitem><para>Sets the value of the %L macro to <replaceable>servername</replaceable>. + This is useful for testing include files specified with the + %L macro. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-v</term> + <listitem><para>If this option is specified, testparm + will also output all options that were not used in <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> and are thus set to their defaults.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-t encoding</term> + <listitem><para> + Output data in specified encoding. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>configfilename</term> + <listitem><para>This is the name of the configuration file + to check. If this parameter is not present then the + default <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> file will be checked. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>hostname</term> + <listitem><para>If this parameter and the following are + specified, then <command>testparm</command> will examine the <parameter>hosts + allow</parameter> and <parameter>hosts deny</parameter> + parameters in the <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> file to + determine if the hostname with this IP address would be + allowed access to the <command>smbd</command> server. If + this parameter is supplied, the hostIP parameter must also + be supplied.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>hostIP</term> + <listitem><para>This is the IP address of the host specified + in the previous parameter. This address must be supplied + if the hostname parameter is supplied. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>FILES</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry></term> + <listitem><para>This is usually the name of the configuration + file used by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title> + + <para>The program will issue a message saying whether the + configuration file loaded OK or not. This message may be preceded by + errors and warnings if the file did not load. If the file was + loaded OK, the program then dumps all known service details + to stdout. </para> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>VERSION</title> + + <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of + the Samba suite.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para><citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> + </citerefentry></para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> + + <para>The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. + The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another + excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> + ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 + release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for + Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 + for Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para> +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |